histogram en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɪstəˌɡɹæm/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Probably from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “mast”) + γράμμα (grámma), although it is sometimes claimed to have been derived from historical + diagram; coined in 1891 by English mathematician Karl Pearson.
Meanings
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A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.
A histogram is constructed by placing the variable of interest on the horizontal axis and the frequency, relative frequency or percent frequency on the vertical axis.[…]Histograms for data found in applications are never perfectly symmetric, but the histogram for many applications may be roughly symmetric.
2017, David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, Cengage Learning, page 44:Such distinctions, however, require detailed information, such as histograms of the distribution of energy use among residential customers, both by month and by year.
1983, Alan Meier, Janice Wright, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Supplying Energy Through Greater Efficiency: The Potential for Conservation, University of California Press, page 39:The use of the piecewise linear frequency polygon (FP) in place of the underlying histogram would seem mainly a graphical advantage.
2005, D. W. Scott, S. R. Sain, “Multidimensional density estimation”, in C. R. Rao, E. J. Wegman, J. L. Solka, editors, Data Mining and Data Visualization, Elsevier, page 237:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| histogramme | alternative | lexicographic | |
| histograms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
color histogram · histogramatic · colour histogram · image histogram · immunohistogram · metahistogram
Relateds
vertical line diagram · bar chart
Translations (30)
is súlurit (graphical display) · es histograma (graphical display) · cmn 柱狀圖 /柱状图 (graphical display) · fr histogramme (graphical display) · cs histogram (graphical display) · mi kauwhata pouhere (graphical display) · he היסטוגרמה (graphical display) · is stuðlarit (graphical display) · fi histogrammi (graphical display) · hu hisztogram (graphical display) · de Histogramm (graphical display) · ru гистогра́мма (graphical display) · vi biểu đồ cột (graphical display) · da histogram (graphical display) · hi आयतचित्र (graphical display) · pl histogram (graphical display) · ga histeagram (graphical display) · bg хистогра́ма (graphical display) · tl taladalasan (graphical display) · gl histograma (graphical display) · pt histograma (graphical display) · mk хистограм (graphical display) · ms histogram (graphical display) · sv histogram (graphical display) · et histogramm (graphical display) · nl histogram (graphical display) · el ιστόγραμμα (graphical display) · ca histograma (graphical display) · id histogram (graphical display) · cmn 直方圖 /直方图 (graphical display)